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THE BIG PICTURE
It won’t be long before we’re asked to vote for a new president and thereafter, a prime minister together with a government
STATE OF THE NATION
History is a funny thing, which we learned to our chagrin in school. Its chimerical shape changes depending on who’s essaying it
THE NEED OF THE HOUR
In the months following the deadly bomb blasts that claimed over 250 lives, polarisation between the country’s ethnic
GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS
Sri Lanka’s geographic location is an oft cited fact of its strategic importance to the world. Much has been said about the role of
ONLINE SAFETY
The school holidays have kicked in (again), which means that parents have to find ways to keep their children entertained, engaged and enthused – without breaking the bank or losing their minds!
GAME MECHANICS
Denials and scripted lies are the stock-in-trade of those who engage in stonewalling. The verb ‘stonewall’ came into currency with politics, referring to actions
THE BIG PICTURE
This isn’t the first time in Sri Lanka’s chequered post-independence history that its globally acclaimed tourism industry has had to rely on local leisure seekers
STATE OF THE NATION
There’s something about Fridays and executive actions. It spans the gamut from arrogantly sacking parliament to arrogating the state printer
LEADERSHIP LACUNAE
For the past 10 years, the government has dealt with concerns over political grievances and human rights violations
SOCIAL MEDIA CONUNDRUM
How long could you survive without complaining or feeling down if you were to embark on a ‘social media fast’? Humans are social
ANTITERRORISM AGENDAS
Sri Lanka recorded another dark chapter in its history on 21 April when suicide bombers targeted eight locations in the island – and the ensuing days
THE BIG PICTURE
A highly respected businessman who has made a habit of calling a spade a spade over the decades wrote in a Guest Column in
COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
The sudden deterioration of Sri Lanka’s security situation has come as a shock to citizens as well as the international community
TOURISM REVIVAL
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is reeling from the effects of the Easter Sunday attacks, which targeted several places of worship as well as prominent hotels
FAKING IT ON FACEBOOK
I’ve had it with Facebook! In March, I decided to quit the first social network I joined in July 2007, and my main reasons revolved
STATE OF THE NATION
If June would be the ‘month of brides,’ 2019 was supposed to be one long honeymoon for Sri Lanka. Named Lonely Planet’s place to be this year
CYBER CRUSADERS
Thirty years ago, China witnessed one of its darkest hours in history – the ‘June 4th Incident’ – when over 10,000 civilians are believed to have met their deaths at the hands of military troops
THE BIG PICTURE
Conspiracy theories have spread like wildfire in the aftermath of the cowardly acts of 21 April when terrorists who can best be described
EASTER SUNDAY AFTERMATH
A nation at peace. Its people on holiday. The security establishment in slumber land
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
A year’s worth of trash that fits in a single Mason jar… this seems to be the promise that popular international advocates of the
